Centre for Science and Environment in Delhi.

“The biggest shift in the last five years or so in the donor attitude has been the reduction in generic funding or what we call institutional funding. Increasingly, funding is more easily available for specific tasks and targets or projects,” said Aditya Batra, programme director (board and funding) at Centre for Science and Environment in Delhi.

“Donors are looking at not-for-profit sector more as an investment and money is given on the basis of the donor’s internal specific targets and expected results,” said Batra.